Rail and tie clamp.



D. L. RICE. RAIL AND 111: cLAM'P, 11221101111011 FILED 318.19, 1911.

Patented May 16, 1911.

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DANIEL L. RICE, a States, residing at Canton; f.=Sta1'k and State of omha time it dia ful liq-11am. llie-Qlainp, of which the 01- lowing sI fiQ t a a The, invention-relates: to a. device for fastening and clamping the base flange of a rail to theinetallioi; u 'iper flange or supporting plate of a .pross t-ie and the object of the im- P Ovem entvis to proyide'a simple fastener -which can be; readily applied and removed withOut-"mutiIatingany of its parts, and

which serves time-totake up the. looseness of wear or abra sion, and which will-mot become loosened by the ordinaryjars or yibrations of traflicg Ae-pfreferredform-bf the invention,

' lbriefly outlined, is illustrated in the accom panying drawing,v f i Part hereof, which-= "Fi re 1 isithe a track relation of the parts; Fig. 2', a detached side elevation of the clamp ;--;Fi'g. 3; a detached.

) edgeelevation. or thewed'ge-key; Fig.1 4, a

cross-section of. a- :T:-rail land fragmentary 'si'dee elevationfsofan}I-beam tie having the upper flange fin longitudinal .sectionas on f lme' Figs. ,5::-.and 6, and showing the "fastening ,deviceszin side elevation in clamping'position Fig; 5; aside. elevationrof the rail-and cross-sectio'nof the tie,as on line clamp" apertures'in the other end.

i'T-rafls are supported. The preferably-rec 5'5, Figs-4 and -6=;(-and Fig. 6, a frag- 'mentary plan vieW'of the tie showing a rail wit-li-clamps'in position on one end and the Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

. The track is composed of the longitudinal T-rails 1 and the cross ties 2, which may be in the form of the metallie'I-beams shown,:

and are provided with the upper flanges or plates-3 on which the base flanges 4 of the tangular and oblong apertures, 5 are provided in the supporting plate, one on- "each side of the base flange of the rail, and'these apertures are preferabl staggered with reference to each other an are arranged so that the inner ends 6 register with the corre sponding edges of the rail-flange. Each fastening' device is composed of the clamp 7 and certain new and useto hold therail in proper aline ment' andfcan. be; readily tightened at 'an'yshowing the I wedge 8 one set of which is adapted to be entered into each one of the apertures 6, as shown in side elevation in Fig. 4. 1 a

The clamp 7 iscompose'd' of the shank 9 "and the upper and lower jaws 10 and 11. The inner'gside 12 of'the shank is vertically disposed andfformed flat and is arranged to abutsquarelyagainst the inner edge of the aperture 6 and the corresponding edge of the rail flange; while the lower side 13 0f ,the upper jaw 10 is'longitudinally beveled to fit the inclined upper side of the rail flange, and

the upper side 14 of the lower jaw is laterlally beveled to fit the inclined lower side of that when the rail and'clamp are placed in position on the supporting plate of the tie,

tightly clamp of the shank abuts against the end of the aperture andthe edge of therailfiange.

aperture outside the clamp, and its inner and the faces of the-jaws will neatly fit and,

the corresponding f aces of the irail flange and tie plate whentheiinner side the tie plate; andthese parts are so arranged The key 8 is adapted to be entered into the outer .edges 15 and 16'converge downwardly f toward each other in-the form of a wedge,

and the: parts are so-arrangedithat when inserted into the aperture the'inner edge of the a key will abut against the end portions of the outersideof the clamp, and theouter'edge 'of the key willabut against the outer endl7 of the aperture and it is evident that by driving the .key downward the shank of the clamp will be wedged tightly against the inner end of the aperture and the edge of the rail flange. The notch 18 is'preferably pros vided in the upper portion of the outer edge of the key, by-means of which it can. be withdrawn from the aperture by an ordinary pinch-ban:

a The outertside 19. .of the clamp isiverti cally-conoaved between its end; portions 20 coneaiv 'ipdrtion, of .the oute'r' side of the clamp staniiing freely away from the same; and "because" of this peculiar formation of the jaws are abutted. by the wedge-key, it is loosened; by wear or abrasion, the key may be driven: downward and the abutment of and 21"," which endportions'arelocated oppoe site the jaws 10 and "11' of the iclamp, and

are ahnttedbythe' innerfdge of the key, the

the outer side'of the clamp, by whichthe end. portions only which form the heels of its evident that when the clamp becomes 

